Three consecutive years of success have made the fourth Victoria's Secret Show a fashion event that attracts global attention.
Early in the morning on November 11th on the east coast of the United States, crowds began to gather in the streets around the Arsenal, where the show was about to be held, on Lexington Avenue in midtown Manhattan. Media reporters from all over the world, fashion bloggers from emerging Internet platforms, and Victoria’s Secret Angels Legion fans, scalpers selling tickets to big shows, the list goes on.
On the other hand, compared with the past, the show would only be broadcast on TV for a period of time after the show was held. This time, starting from the early preparations, various media platforms began to closely follow up. Every new Victoria's Secret supermodel, every News related to the Victoria's Secret show, every fashion street photoshoot of a group of Victoria's Secret angels, and every rumor that a certain singer has composed a theme song for Victoria's Secret can attract a lot of attention.
The increase in newspaper and magazine sales, TV ratings and online on-demand viewing, in turn, has stimulated the media to more actively pursue all kinds of news related to Victoria’s Secret. Some exclusive news circulated internally will be snapped up by the media at high prices.
Such a fashion show has unknowingly evolved into a national social event.
Super high attention has always meant hidden huge economic benefits.
This is also the nature of commercial advertising.
Not to mention the sales of Victoria's Secret brand-related products that have been rising in recent years, just the peripherals of the Victoria's Secret show have made Victoria's Secret parent company LTD Group a lot of money.
The sky is short in New York in the winter. It is past six o'clock in the afternoon and the city has been shrouded in twilight. The atmosphere backstage at the Lexington Avenue Armory is fiery.
Grace Spurter has only been able to rest for about four hours in recent days. When she opens her eyes every day, in addition to the heavy workload of the Elite company itself, she also has to keep an eye on the girls who are about to participate in this year's Victoria's Secret show. Prepare.
In fact, if she wanted to, Grace could easily take charge of Elite, a giant modeling agency.
In the John Casablanca era, after defeating the Ford Model Agency, which was once a local leader in the United States, the entire Elite began to relax, including Casablanca himself. Therefore, Elite seemed to be prosperous before, but in fact it was full of crises. In the past, Elite collapsed due to a scandal in the late 1990s. It was not that the impact of the scandal was too great. The fundamental reason was that Elite itself had been suffering for a long time.
If Grace wants to change this situation and make Elite one step closer to being the leader in the industry, she must pay more.
After obtaining the position of Elite leader, he needs to take away the power of senior executives, streamline the client base, re-plan the brokerage contract, form a planning department and business team, and establish a more scientific model training and marketing system. Any of these measures requires a lot of effort. .
Reform is never easy, and we encountered a lot of resistance during the process, and almost brewed some public opinion crises.
Fortunately, after a few months, everything went smoothly, and Elite took on a new look.
Since many measures are aimed at seeking more business sources for Elite’s customers, it is no longer the case that even customers’ daily expenses such as rent and transportation have to be scratched, not to mention various malicious deductions of commissions. After the turmoil, Elite's cohesion has been greatly enhanced. At least it will no longer be in the embarrassing situation of being defeated by a scandal in history.
Arsenal backstage.
He personally inspected the clothing and shoes of all Elite angels to confirm that there were no problems. He also communicated with the Victoria's Secret show team about the details of the appearance that several angels had temporarily proposed, and comforted and enlightened Karen Mu, who was extremely nervous because of her first appearance. Germany, taught a lesson to Nancy Gauff for eating chocolate, and finally introduced Fernanda Lima to Anna Coleman, the president of Fashion TV, who came to visit the backstage team, and discussed the details of a special interview about Lima. When the atmosphere backstage began to boil, Grace finally had time to relax.
It was almost eight o'clock in the evening.
The big show is about to begin.
The rest was the girls' own business. Grace did not go to the front lobby to watch the show like Anna Coleman did. Instead, she came to the staff rest area and chose a very comfortable sofa in the corner to sit down. An assistant brought her coffee. Grace held the warm drink, felt the restless atmosphere around her and the waiting music from the front desk, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly I miss a certain little man.
I contacted him a few days ago and he replied that he would not come to watch the show this time.
There's no way around it.
Quietly comforting himself, the entire Westeros system is so big and there are so many women around him, he should be content if he can leave her some small space.
Um.
Still can't help but fantasize about it.
If he appears by your side when you miss him, what will happen to you
Be willing to die for him.
It seems that even if he doesn't show up, he is still willing.
Always thinking about dying.
It can be regarded as the root cause of my illness when I first met him at the manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich last year.
I still miss that lawn a little bit.
However, when so many women committed suicide for Marlon Brando, he was more outstanding than Marlon Brando. How could there not be one or two women who died for him.
Then.
Maybe she had had too little sleep recently and had hallucinations. The little man actually walked up to her and sat down. She turned her head and looked at him blankly, hoping that this fantasy would last a little longer.
In fact, I wanted to lean over and lie on his chest.
But there were a lot of people around, and she didn't want to be treated as a lunatic just because she was looking at the air.
Perhaps seeing her in a daze, the imaginary man quietly reached out and grabbed a handful of her hand from an angle invisible to the people around her.
"ah… "
Grace called out softly, finally reacted, and asked nervously: "Are you serious?"
If it were not a public place, and remembering that women never wanted outsiders to know about their relationship, Simon would have almost grabbed the chin of the crazy woman in front of him and pulled her over to ravage it. At this time, he just said: "Fake, this is actually you dreaming. .”
The man spoke, and Grace finally confirmed. She wanted to come closer, but subconsciously stopped, and moved a little to the side to avoid suspicion. She just stared at the little man in front of her for a moment: "I, didn't you say, Don’t you want to come?”
Simon explained casually: "I have time temporarily."
In fact, I had already arrived on the East Coast at around 4 o'clock in the afternoon. I just got off the plane and went to a shooting range in Greenwich. I carried a Barrett gun alone and shot down dozens of small drones that were used as targets. I felt refreshed. After recovering, we had dinner at a manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich, and then drove to Manhattan.
Obviously aware of some problems, Grace wisely did not ask further questions, and just said: "Then, do you want some coffee?"
Simon shook his head: "I won't drink."
"There are a lot of snacks here to replenish energy for the girls, do you want them?"
"don't want."
Seeing that the little man suddenly seemed to be losing his temper, Grace was not angry at all. Instead, her tone became more indulgent: "Then what do you want to do? The girls are busy now and don't have time to come over and accompany you."
"Just rest here for a while. If you have something to do, go and do it."
"I'm not busy either," Grace said, glanced at the crowd outside the rest area, and lowered her voice slightly: "How about we leave now, um, I haven't had dinner yet, let's go together?"
"Don't eat."
"Okay, okay, then, do you want to eat me or not?"
Simon stood up and walked directly outside.
Grace was startled, then realized what she was doing, and quickly stood up. Without having time to call her assistant to explain something, she quietly slipped out from the backstage.
Upper East Side, Manhattan.
In the penthouse apartment next to Fifth Avenue, when Grace woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day.
Get enough sleep for the first time in days.
Perhaps it was because she had accumulated too much fatigue, perhaps because she had been put through too much last night, or perhaps it was because there was a scent of someone she was obsessed with everywhere in this apartment, but in short, she fell asleep for more than ten hours at a time.
Also, not counting business trips and the like, it was the first time I stayed up all night.
Suddenly I no longer want to worry about so much.
I have woken up, and the man is not around. I still don't want to get up. Sometimes I still think that if I continue to stay until tonight, I don't have to leave.
Until the bedroom door was pushed open.
Grace looked over and saw that this was one of his housekeepers, Angora Davis. She had seen her many times, so she took the initiative to say hello.
The housekeeper politely agreed and added: "It's already past two in the afternoon, Ms. Spurter, Mr. Westeros just called and asked me to see if you were awake."
Grace still lazily made no intention of getting up, but just gestured towards the window: "Ange, can you open the curtains for me? The weather seems to be good today."
Angora Davis smiled and nodded, walked over and opened the curtains. The pale but still bright sunshine in the winter afternoon quickly filled the master bedroom. After doing this, seeing that Grace still had no intention of getting up, the housekeeper did not urge her at all, but said warmly: "Ms. Spurter, do you want me to bring food over? The kitchen has been preparing it."
Only then did I feel hungry.
I really wanted to eat in bed, but I still didn't have the nerve to do so, so I just said, "You go out first, I'll get up soon."
Angora Davis responded and pointed to the clothes on the hanger at the bedroom door: "This is what Mr. Westeros sent this morning. It should be the same as the one you wore last night, Ms. Spurter. By the way, how about I help put out the bath water first?"
"Well, thank you."
After dressing up carefully, I went downstairs to the restaurant. More than an hour had passed.
In addition to the dark blue professional suit, Grace also wore a Gucci scarf around her neck. Otherwise, she would not be able to see anyone in the past two days.
In fact, far more than just the neck was left with marks.
But as long as he likes it.
She actually likes it too.
Sitting at the dining table, she finally returned to the state of some Elite female heads. While eating, she was busy replying to various calls and text messages accumulated from last night to now. She occasionally asked the housekeeper about Simon, only to learn that the man would leave in the morning. Go to work.
Today is Sunday.
But think about it, for people like them, there is no difference between working days and days off. If you want to rest, you can actually take a break at any time. If you talk about work, you will never finish it.
Last night's show went well.
The occasion was unprecedented.
After some understanding during the meal, a batch of press releases prepared in advance specifically for Elite's customers were all sent out today, as well as Qu Si Gauff, who flew to Australia in the morning to participate in the filming of "Jumanji", even though The girl's acting contract is not with Elite because her career is still focused on modeling, which is also a big deal for Elite.
I was supposed to see him off in person today, but it doesn't matter if I miss it.
If you need to explain anything afterwards, you can communicate on the phone.
There are also some customers who appeared on stage for the first time last night, including Fernanda Lima, who directly became one of the six Victoria's Secret spokespersons this year, and Kay, who received some favor from Simon and was sent to the Victoria's Secret Army by Grace. Len Mulder, both of them need to plan carefully next.
During the meal time, I wrote down all the things that came to mind on memos.
Also, I didn’t forget to contact my family.
I called my husband and explained that it was too late to finish my work last night, so I didn't go back to rest.
The couple is now in a strange and harmonious state. No matter how busy Grace was these days, she never stayed overnight. Bill Spurter actually didn't believe his wife's explanation. He roughly guessed something but didn't go into details. The two of them are now They already have their significant other, but they still live under the same roof.
Saying it's for the sake of the children is not entirely correct. It involves too much and I don't want to expose it.
After the meal, Grace left the apartment on Fifth Avenue at about four o'clock on Sunday afternoon.
It was already time for others to get off work, but Grace made a list of tasks for herself that could keep her busy until the early hours of the morning. At the same time, she secretly thought to herself that she would be busy like this for another week at most.
The body is still the most important.
It's not for herself, she just hopes that the man's interest in her will last longer.
So I made another appointment for maintenance before starting work.
Over the course of a day and night, Simon completely got rid of some of the negative emotions he had felt yesterday, and spent Sunday focusing on the Daenerys TV department, which has begun to integrate with Metropolis ABC.
At the same time as the merger of the two companies, Daenerys TV also launched two major projects that Simon personally decided on.
One is ESPN's plan to buy out the NFL's live broadcasts.
If we say that the national sport in the United States is not basketball, which is more famous overseas, but football, that’s why there is the Football Super Bowl, which is celebrated every year by everyone.
ESPN, the American sports TV station that has been completely controlled by Daenerys Entertainment, has developed very rapidly in recent years, but it is still far from reaching its peak. Simon happens to know that in the past, ESPN's turning point was after it was acquired by Disney. Plans to invest huge sums of money to monopolize various sports events.
So much so that later, the term 'ESPN tax' appeared.
Mainly for many cable TV users. For example, for a $15 cable TV package, half of it may be given to ESPN. The user subscription share that other basic cable stations receive from operators may only be a dozen cents or dozens of cents. ESPN’s The share can exceed $7.
Simon now wants to start the same plan.
Just to buy out the American Football League's live broadcasts, I remember that the agreement finalized in the 1990s was $9 billion over eight years.
Because of this, before the merger, ESPN head Steve Bernstein made many proposals to Metropolitan ABC Group executives and shareholders such as Tom Murphy and Warren Buffett, but failed to get the support of these conservative old men. Last year, the Westeros system obtained 20% of ESPN's shares in the dispute with the Hearst family. Steve Bernstein also contacted Simon several times, hoping that he could help lobby, but Simon just asked Bernstein to be patient. wait.
Now of course there is no need to wait any longer.
Moreover, the US$9 billion business plan may be very risky, but even if Simon cannot see the future, Daenerys Entertainment is fully capable of affording it with the current development momentum. After all, it is not a one-time payment of US$9 billion, and ESPN also It has accumulated considerable strength.
What's more, with the current scale of Daenerys Entertainment, only some bold risks can break through the bottleneck and achieve further expansion, and small efforts will only stop progress. This is true for the acquisition of Metropolis ABC Group, the construction of Universal Studios in Rome, and the same true for ESPN's purchase of the live rights to American football games.